As I ate, I wondered: "Is it true what they say?" "If the hills don't make you gasp, then the scenery definitely will." (from their blog site).

One of the reasons I signed up for this run was the word I'd gotten from marathon friends of mine who used it as a true testament to training for Boston. Sort of like a check in to see how your fitness has conditioned for the Marathon. And boy was this ever a 'good' training run!

Sam and I headed over bright and early so that we could secure one of the spots to get a t-shirt in our size. :D

When we got called to the start area I freaked!!! Like Big Time. I hit 'play' on my iPod and it was Dead. As a doornail. :( whomp whomp.

Sam said "Go to your car and get your phone!!!" I was not convinced this was a great idea, but I did. And it was! It fit perfectly in my side thigh pocket and in the other side pocket I stashed my gels. I'm loving these tights more and more every day. :)

GO!

A few hundred runners headed down towards Cow Bay. Bee-u-ti-ful!

We had glorious scenes along the way and some mighty tough hills. But, we got over it. ;) You see what I did there? LOL.

The race route had super duper awesome volunteers handing out water along the way. They were doubly awesome since we encountered every type of weather possible: Rain, Sun, Wind, Snow and Hail. Not in that particular order. The rain/snow came quite early on with the hail at 5.5 miles. I had to put keep my sunglasses on so that I would not be blinded by the stuff, lol. Then at about 10 ish miles, the sun came out a-blazing. It was beautiful.

I ran my first two miles too fast. There was a huge downhill at the start so it was easy to quicken the pace without knowing. After I checked in at 2 miles, I held back a bit and ran at a more comfortable relaxed pace.

In the above photos you can see my pockets stashed with Gu and my phone. I was amazed at how daunting some of the hills were. That coupled with a mega head-wind made some miles feel like I was running in reverse, lol.

Those are some awesome running shots of you! I am mighty concerned by how close those cars are to the runners. Did they not close down the roads? I can't believe you ran through hail! You are a running machine!

I'm just reading this - CONGRATS!!!!!! Despite all the weather it looks like you had an awesome run! 15.5 miles in 2 hours???!?!? I did my half marathons in 2 hours and 23 minutes! You are rockin' it girlfriend!!!! I hope your body healed nicely this week :)

Well yesterday was a fantastic day all around, especially for a Team Relay! Last year I was so bummed out around this time because of the ...

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